Global warming costs will be immense

From Seattle pi comes info that should give pause for thought to people who are scared that tackling global warming will be expensive - for of course the costs of warming itself will dwarf those required for actual effective action to stem the cooling:

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In a report released by the Pew Environment Group, two senior scientists put at $2.4 trillion - yes, trillion - costs that will be incurred if a melting Arctic loses its ability to cool the Earth's climate.
Submitted by Martin Williams on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 11:34

Drupal Views Gallery w customisation

I had long thought Drupal's Views module could help power a photo gallery, but was daunted by the prospect of actually creating one. Happily, though, KarenS has created the Views Gallery module - which makes it relatively easy to start a gallery.

Note that Views Gallery requires other modules, too: maybe you should install these first, and Views Gallery once all is ok. (I write this after Custom Pagers not working for me; not sure why.)

Submitted by Martin Williams on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 15:50

Tips on using Sanyo Xacti HD2000

Here are a few suggestions on how to use the Sanyo Xacti HD2000, which is certainly a nifty little camera.

Submitted by Martin Williams on Sun, 01/03/2010 - 23:58

Sanyo Xacti HD2000 and Mac OS X

Though Sanyo Xacti HD2000 results look good in Quicktime, the files are not readily edited in Final Cut Express. It is, however, possible to edit using Final Cut Express - by first converting files, or doing rough edit with iMovie.

Submitted by Martin Williams on Thu, 12/31/2009 - 13:30

Fusion a nifty Drupal starter theme

if you're looking for a Drupal 6 theme you can customise, maybe give Fusion a try.

Submitted by Martin Williams on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 23:24
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Global warming hiding in plain sight

Interesting blog post by Andrew Revkin, till recently of New York Times, now at Pace University, quoting Robert Brulle, a sociologist at Drexel University who has long studied human responses to environmental issues. includes:

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Here are Dr. Brulle’s thoughts about the media, the human mind and looming issues, like global warming, that hide in plain sight (I added the links for context and background):
The complete lack of any significant coverage in the U.S. media of environmental issues in general, and global warming in particular, is not surprising.
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Global warming impacts are extremely slow and gradual compared to ongoing daily news.
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many of the most meaningful impacts of global climate change, such as ocean acidification, incremental sea level change and ice mass loss in Greenland and Antarctica, can be understood only via abstract scientific presentations, which do not convey a vivid visual image of environmental change.
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if global warming proceeds slowly enough, then the potential exists that we will just progressively become more used to unusual weather – the unusual (by today’s standards) becomes usual, and we will cease being alarmed about what is now the usual course of events. Global warming no longer becomes news, but rather just part of the way the world is. This can lead to a lack of political concern over this issue, and thus a lack of political action until the possibility of human control over the process of climate change becomes impossible.

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Shark sister upset as no sharks to see as all eaten

Here's a follow-up video, again to spread message re shark conservation: